Binder



Patented oci.31,1939 n n l2,178,275

FFEQE unirse f stares Lgarant BINDER l Dayrnond J. Akin, Akron, Ohio Application October 22, 1936, Serial No. 107,033'

e i claims. (ci. 12ei) v This invention relates to binders. the channel inwardly behind openings lil. These The general purpose of the present invention members are preferably inwardly curved or slopis to provide an improved binder for releasably ing as shown, so as to provide spaces i8, i8 into l receiving and retaining one or more pamphlets, which the heads i of pins i?. may be inserted 5 magazines, etc.,as forexample'pamphlets oi note and whereby the locking members il may be paper, lesson pamphlets, volumes oi a magazine depressed out of kthe way to permit insertion of or other periodical and the like. a pamphlet into the binder, by engaging the pins The foregoing and other purposes of the ini2 in openings i6 and in spaces it and then pull-` vention are attained in the binder illustrated in ing the pamphlets laterally whereby heads l2a of L the accompanying drawing and described below, pins i2 depress the locking members il' as shown 10 It is to be understood that the invention is not in Figure 3 and at the left side oi-Figure 4.

limited to the speciiic forms thereof shown and The cam-shaped looking members il may be described. yieldingly urged upwardly into locking position, Oi the accompanying drawing: as shown best at the right of Figure 4 by being l5 Figure lis a perspective View ci an open binder secured to or formed upon a leaf spring member 15 embodying the invention. i5? secured to the channel at il@ and having yield- Figure 2 is a section along line 2-2 of Figure l. ing wings ida, ita supporting the locking mem- Figure 3 is-'an enlarged view of the right end bers l'l. y of Figure 2, illustrating the manner of using the In order to permit removal of a pamphlet from improved binder. the binder, the locking members i3 may be ar- 20 Figure 4 is a section on line li--Ji of Figure 3. ranged to be depressed by extending levers 2i, 2l Figure 51s' a rear corner View of a type of out of the ends of the channel member lll, as pamphlet or magazine adapted for use in the shown. improved binder', and It will be apparent that the binder is so devised Figure 6 is a section on line S-S of Figure 5. that pamphlets may be inserted or removed from 25 Referring to the drawing, the numerals l, It either side thereof, the openingsl i6, locking memydesignate pamphlets which may be of that type bers il and levers 2l being duplicated at both in which the sheets are bound together by staples sides of the channel. However, it is obvious that l i, l i. To adapt such pamphlets for use with the it is within the spirit of the invention to provide present binder they are provided at their rear or openings l5 and locking members il and levers 30 baci; edges with pins or projectors i2, l2 having is at only one side of the channel,the pamphlets enlarged heads iZa, lite. These may be, as shown, being inserted and removed at only one side. formed integral rwith the staples il, ii or at- Certain magazines or pamphlets 25 (Figures 5 tached thereto, or otherwise attached to the and 6) are bound by staples 26, in the manner pamphlets l@ to project from the rear edges indicated. These may be adapted to the present 35 thereof at spaced points. binder by insertion of pins il from the back edge The improved binder is shown at i3 and may of the magazine or pamphlet between the sheets be of any suitable flexible or stilic sheet material thereof, the pins being formed of doubled wire having suitably secured on the inside thereof a or the like with a loop providing an enlarged channel member ifi, in the upper face oi which head il-' the pin being inserted between the 40 are lateral slots i5, i5 for receiving the pins or f sheets and through the staples-and the ends of projectionsi on the pamphlets, etc. to be bound. the wire may be bent in iront of the staples as At the sides of the channels and at the ends of shown at 2lb, 2lb.- the slots i5, are openings i6, I6 large enough to Modifications of the invention maybe resorted permit passage ci the enlarged heads i2a on the to without departing from the spirit thereof or 45 pins into the channel member with the heads the scope oi the appended claims, engaged under the edges of slots i5, the slots i5 What is claimed is: being wide enough to permit free passage of the l. In a binder having a channel member seshanks of kpins i2, and heads its being larger cured to the inside thereof with spaced lateral than the width of the slots so as to be retained slots in its upper face and enlarged openings in 50 in the channel against upward displacement the channel at the ends of said slots for receiving therefrom. one or more pamphlets having correspondingly n in order to lock, releasably, the pamphlets in spaced pins with enlarged heads projecting from the channel against lateral displacement therethe back-edges thereof, said headsr being engagefrom, locking members Il, il are arranged in able through said openings whereby the pins may 55 be laterally engaged in said slots and the pamphlet retained in the binder by engagement of said enlarged heads under said slots, the combination of cam-shaped locking members behind said openings for releasably locking said pins against lateral displacement from the channel, means normally urging said locking members upwardly into locking positions, said members being adapted to be depressed by said pins by inserting said pins through said enlarged openings and laterally urging the pins against the cam-shaped locking members, and means extending out of the ends of the channel member for depressing said locking members at will to permit removal oi a pamphlet from the binder.

2. In a binder having a channel member se-l cured to the inside thereof with spaced lateral slots in its upper face and enlarged openings in the channel at the ends of said slots for receiving one or more pamphlets having correspondingly spaced pins with enlarged heads projecting from the back-edges thereof, said heads being engageable through said openings whereby the pins may be laterally engaged in said slots and the pamphlet retained in the binder by engagement of said enlarged heads under said slots, the combination of cam-shaped locking members behind said openings for releasably locking said pins against lateral displacement from the chanel, means normally urging said locking members upwardly into locking positions, said members being adapted to be depressed by said pins by inserting said pins through said enlarged openings and laterally urging the pins against the cam-shaped locking members, and means for depressing said looking members at will to permit removal of a pamphlet from the binder.

3. In a binder having a channel member secured to the inside thereof with spaced lateral slots in its upper face and enlarged openings in the channel at the ends of said slots for receiving one or more pamphlets having correspondingly spaced pins with enlarged heads projecting from the back-edges thereof, said heads being engageable through said openings whereby the pins may be laterally engaged in said slots and the pamphlet retained in the binder by engagement of said enlarged heads under said slots, the combination of cam-shaped locking members behind said openings for releasably locking said pins against lateral displacement from the channel and means normally urging said locking members upwardly into locking positions, said members being adapted to be depressed by said pins by engagement of the heads of the pins through said enlarged openings and laterally urging the pins against the cam-shaped locking members.

4. In a binder having a channel member secured to the inside thereof with spaced lateral slots in its upper face and enlarged openings in the channel at the ends of said slots for receiving one or more pamphlets having correspondingly spaced pins with enlarged heads projecting from the back-edges thereof, said heads being engageable through said openings whereby the pins may be laterally engaged in said slots and the pamphlet retained in the binder by engagement of said enlarged heads under said slots, the combination of locking members behind said openings for releasably locking said pins against lateral displacement from the channel, means normally urging said locking members upwardly into locking positions, and means extending out of the ends of the channel member for depressing said locking members at will.

DAYMOND J AKIN. 

